“Water may freeze in the atmosphere into small, flat, six-sided, ice crystals. As these crystals flutter to the ground, much time is spent with their faces flat and parallel to the ground. An observer may find themselves in the same plane as many of the falling ice crystals near sunrise or sunset,” reads a post about a solar phenomenon recorded in Sweden in December 2017.

This video was taken by Håkan Hammar (Vemdalen Ski Resort, SkiStar) of a sun halo and lensing phenomenon in Sweden in December 2017.

This video was taken by Håkan Hammar (Vemdalen Ski Resort, SkiStar) of a sun halo and lensing phenomenon in Sweden in December 2017.

That one featured two sundogs, like mirror images of the sun, which are known as parhelia in addition to two halos, one at 22 degrees, which is what the Central Florida one featured, but also a rarer 46 degree halo.

The halos often look like circular rainbows.

The same effect can happen at night, especially with a full moon.

Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel

This image taken Feb. 26, 2016 shows a lunar halo on a near-full moon in Melbourne, Florida with the contrail of a passing jet visible. The lensing effect is caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere.

This image taken Feb. 26, 2016 shows a lunar halo on a near-full moon in Melbourne, Florida with the contrail of a passing jet visible. The lensing effect is caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere.

(Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel)

NASA says that during the alignment, each crystal acts as a miniature lense refracting sunlight or moonlight. It happens often, especially with the presence of thin cirrus clouds in the troposphere 3- to 6-miles up.

It’s always freezing that high, but the phenomenon will occur more often in winter and spring in North America.

So while it may seem like a giant eye staring down on you, it’s actually millions of little eyes doing the starting.

To that end, you better watch out, better not cry, better not pout, because … science.

Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times

A halo around the sun is visible as Joe Miranda tries to get a picture of it at the French Prairie Gardens & Family Farm in St. Paul, Ore., on Aug. 20, 2017. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

A halo around the sun is visible as Joe Miranda tries to get a picture of it at the French Prairie Gardens & Family Farm in St. Paul, Ore., on Aug. 20, 2017. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Virgin Galactic reached a major milestone with a test flight of the VSS Unity. The space ship with two men on board successfully reached suborbital space. (Video and photos provided by Virgin Galactic).

Virgin Galactic reached a major milestone with a test flight of the VSS Unity. The space ship with two men on board successfully reached suborbital space. (Video and photos provided by Virgin Galactic).

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Virgin Galactic reached a major milestone with a test flight of the VSS Unity. The space ship with two men on board successfully reached suborbital space. (Video and photos provided by Virgin Galactic).

Virgin Galactic reached a major milestone with a test flight of the VSS Unity. The space ship with two men on board successfully reached suborbital space. (Video and photos provided by Virgin Galactic).

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Forty-one years after it launched into space, NASA’s Voyager 2 probe has exited our solar bubble and entered the region between stars.

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On Dec. 3, 2018, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrives at its target, near-Earth asteroid Bennu. Here, the team explains mission goals and the process of approach and rendezvous. OSIRIS-REx will study Bennu for two years before collecting a sample to return to Earth.

On Dec. 3, 2018, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrives at its target, near-Earth asteroid Bennu. Here, the team explains mission goals and the process of approach and rendezvous. OSIRIS-REx will study Bennu for two years before collecting a sample to return to Earth.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 with the Dragon spacecraft launches from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018 on a resupply mission to the International Space Station.

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